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Jackson Tai
Jackson Tai

Reputation: 493

Python : How to combine for loop and while loop together?

I was trying to create a signup function which will be prompting user fews information. The code below is partial part of the function. I'm using while loop to prevent any invalid input or specific input to perform other task. Once the input validation is done, I used for loop to check for registered email. However, I'm using recursive function when the registering email has been registered, is there a way that I can avoid the resursive function and put the for loop inside the while loop instead ?

user = [['a','a.gmail.com'],['b','b.gmail.com'],['c','c.gmail.com']]

def signup():
     print("\ Enter '0' to return mainpage")
     emailAddress = input("Please enter your email address   : ")
     while True:
          if emailAddress == '0':
               print('mainpage returned')
               signup()
          elif emailAddress == '':
               emailAddress = input("Please enter your email address   : ")
          else:
               break
     # check if email address is registered or not
     for item in user:
          if emailAddress == item[1]:
               print("This Email address has been registered")
               signup()
     else:
          print("email registering:",emailAddress)
signup()

Upvotes: 0

Views: 207

Answers (1)

Daniel F
Daniel F

Reputation: 14229

Do not use recursion. Something like this will do. Your main issue is the for-loop.

user = [['a','a.gmail.com'],['b','b.gmail.com'],['c','c.gmail.com']]

def signup():
    
    emailAddress = None
    
    #---
    
    while True:
        print("\ Enter '0' to return mainpage")
        
        desiredEmailAddress = input("Please enter your email address   : ")
        
        if desiredEmailAddress == '0':
            print('Ok, will return to mainpage')
            break # <---- BREAK OUT OF THE WHILE LOOP
        
        elif desiredEmailAddress == '':
            pass # let the while-loop iterate again
        
        else:
            # check if email address is registered or not
            emailIsAlreadyRegistered = False
            
            for item in user:
                if desiredEmailAddress == item[1]:
                    emailIsAlreadyRegistered = True
                    break # we can break out of the for loop
            
            if emailIsAlreadyRegistered:
                print("This Email address has been registered")
                pass # let the while-loop iterate again
            else:
                emailAddress = desiredEmailAddress
                break # <---- BREAK OUT OF THE WHILE LOOP
    
    #---
    
    if emailAddress is None:
        # User wanted to return to mainpage
        return None
    else:
        print("email registering:", emailAddress)
        return emailAddress
    
signup()

Upvotes: 1

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